This is my personal barbeque sauce recipe. I make it every summer, and sometimes I even can it and give it to friends and relatives. It goes well with ribs, chicken, and pork. Mostly I use it on ribs. I have included instructions on how I prepare my ribs in case you are interested.
Someone with knowledge of how the auto industry works once told me something about General Motors that has been rattling around in my thoughts ever since. “GM doesn’t make money selling cars, they make money selling options,” he said. Business school textbooks describe other companies with similar sleight of hand business models. Take McDonalds for example. You may think they make money selling hamburgers. They actually make money by renting real estate to franchisees. Or, how about Apple? Did you know they actually lose money on each iPod they sell? Apple makes up for it with iTunes.
Toward the end of the twentieth century there was a growing concern that the scales of justice were skewed to the left. Liberal Judicial activists had taken control of the courts and universities. It was inevitable that the Right would react to bring things into equilibrium. This is why the Federalist Society was created. They started as a small enclave of disgruntled law students that gradually grew to an association that has since become a force to be reckoned with in American government. Today they rival the American Bar Association as the standard bearers of protocol for the legal profession. They help vet Federal Judges for appointment, and they help recruit conservative legal talent to the bar (Paik 885). The Federalist Society has taken Conservative legal ideologies, once considered dirty words, like Strict Constructionism, Textualism, and Originalism, and has made them mainstream. Their membership spans the gamut from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to the lowliest pre-law benchwarmer. It is much more than a debate society for Conservative and Libertarian policy wonks, the Federalist Society is a social network that promotes the career advancement of its membership.
It is well known that The University of Michigan community prides itself on a commitment to diversity. The Regents of the University are famous for the lengths they are willing to go to prove it. They recently defended Affirmative Action in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. The thought that they would ever tolerate traditions that discredit their hard fought reputation defies belief. Nevertheless, this is precisely what former Assistant Law Professor Peter J. Hammer alleges. He sued the University in 2003 and claimed in his deposition that the Michigan Law School simply “pay[s] lip service” to their equal treatment polices and promises (Hammer V. Board). The University’s legal team is claiming that their definition of “nondiscrimination and equal opportunity” (Michigan), spelled out in the Faculty Handbook, is more of a suggestion than a rigid rule to follow (Hammer V. Board). I believe the Michigan Law School has a flawed tenure system that leaves the University vulnerable to charges of discrimination.
